INFP: MBTI® personality profile

INFP personality types seek to live in accordance with their inner core of values, and have insight into what is really important to others.

This introduction to the INFP personality type, based on the Myers-Briggs® Step I personality assessment, can help INFPs to understand how they interact with others, and what careers they might enjoy.

INFP strengths

INFP people enjoy devising creative solutions to problems, making moral commitments to what they believe in. They enjoy helping others with their growth and inner development to reach their full potential.

Potential development areas for INFPs

INFPs may struggle to speak up in meetings, leading others to believe they don’t care or have nothing to contribute. They risk failing to convince others of the merit of their ideas. More information about INFP characteristics can be found in our 4-page eBook.

Typical INFP characteristics

INFPs are typically flexible, spontaneous as well as reflective and contained. They are also imaginative and developmental.

Their most common characteristics are shown here in the form of a fun Typie, which you can download and share.

INFP careers & career ideas

INFP people enjoy helping others develop and learn, and express their creativity through writing or visual arts. They like doing work that has meaning, and enjoy working with people who share their values. INFPs are likely to be attracted to professions in counselling and human development, as well as within the arts and writing. More insight about INFP jobs can be found in our Introduction to Type and Careers.

INFPs under stress

An INFP will typically become stressed in the situations shown in this MBTI type head illustration. In these circumstances you will tend to become cynical, depressed, aggressive and prone to acute self-doubt. Download and share* this INFP stress head to remind yourself and your colleagues about the insights that stress INFPs.